Attachment for ladie&#39;s hats.



W. V. CALLENDER.

ATTACHMENT FOR LADIES' HATS.

A APPLICATION man JULY 2a. |911.

1,275,219. PatentedAug. 13,1918.

` i UNITED STATSE ATENT* orricaf 1, f WALLACE vCALLENDER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.. :"1

of Illinols, have invented a newand usefulfollowing isa specification, Y

This inveniionrelates to an attachment for ladies hats, and isintended to'be' secured by` sewing or otherwise upon vthe inside thereof, outof sight, and to serve as a guide for 4the usual hatpins employed as a kmeans for securingthe hat-'to the hair.

, The emp a means'for lholding their hats `upon their headsis nowfalmost universal, such lmeans being convenient as well as ornamentahbut one very great disadvantage results, namely: the crown v4o `r sidesof thel hat's'oon `becomes disigured as well as materiallyinjured by the clusters of unsightlypin-holes where the .Attachment for Ladies I-Iats, o'f which the pins make their'entrance andexit. The holes made* bythe entrance of thepin maybe lavoided provided"V the wearerV will' exercise care in entering the pin inl the same holebefore puttingon the hat, butiwhen once'on the head and i thel lpin .started 'through 'the hair it is all 'guess-work. as tothepoin't vwhere the pinwill emerge or make its exit.

The' resultfis [always the same-the forma- -tion of a disguring cluster of lpin-holes whichV in 'time ruin the -hatjas well as the trimmings Q Y This invention has for its principal 'object the avoidance of clusters of unsightly pinholes in the sides Aofv the hat and its trimming andthe reduction of such pin-holes toA but two-where the pin makes its, 'en-v trance and exit-regardless of the number" of times the pin is inserted; or, in other words, to provide means whereby the hatpin is caused to always emerge from the hatV at the same hole. Y y a The invention consists in a thin plate'of preferably metal and tapered toward 'one point `or through the same pinend, at least, at which point it is providedl withan aperture forming a pin-passage or hole, and in narrow marginal flanges converging toward the tapered end of the plate and thereby forming guides leading to the aperture, the plate being bent or curved longitudinally so as to approximate the curvature of the crown of the hat and therefore lie snugly and flatly against the same vand offer no obstruction whatever.

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oyment'of'h'at-pins by ladies as n ,such attachment B) the plate l, it will Application feed Ju1y2a191'7. 'serialNgisailaimlj Other thoughminorobjects ofthe -inven'- tion4 will hereinafter appear, and the novel features ofthe inventionwill be particularly lpointed out in the'ycla'ims.'`

Referring to the drawing: v

Figure 1 illustrates mymventionin opera- I tive positionuponfthe inside of a'fhat,"the

latter |being broken'away and together vwith the pin shown in dottedlines 5' Fig. 2 is'an enlarged' detail'in planof the invention;A 1 i Fig. 3 is ag'sectionalrview 'on 'the' line of Fig.2;Y 7 Y Fig; 4 is aplan view of'a second form of l' Fig; 5 'is a '5111111211- vpiev'v for ya? amataform; and.

' Fig." .6i isa transversel sectional view on the'line-l- `of Fig;15`; f n .j Similar numerals' of `reference indicate I similar parts'in all the figures of thefdrawv vrAs will be` apparent, thehereinafter described device may be Inadeof'avariety v'of materials the only essential being that such end of the hat-pin'fandnot permit of penetration thereby. Very" 'thin-lightv metal, however", is preferred, though the invention is not tobe understood lasbein'gliiiuitjed in n A l this respect) i Shape desired, much f dependingr upony what other uses the device is put to, but in the present instance, said opposite end is semicircular.

In the forms shown by the figures of the drawing referred to, the entire plate is surrounded by a very narrow flange 2, which following the contour of the margin of the plate, combined at the sides thereof to produce `converging flanges that lead to the small yhole or perforation 3.

Viewed in longitudinal section (see Fig. `be observed, is slightly curved so that it may approximate somewhat the curvature of the crown of the hat and when in position lie iat against the inside thereof. Any means may be employed fer stitching 5, for which purpose the plate vbe of sufficient hardness to guide the advance for securing the plate in position, but I preduces the hat-pin through the hole in the `crown of the hat, the same hole being used each time, places the hat upon her head and proceedsv to force thel pin through the hair. After passing through'the hair, the advance end of the pin` comes in contact at some pointwith the plate, l and is deflected. to one sideor the other vand therefore into Contact with one of the guides formed by the narrow flange 2, the lange serving to guide the point or advance end of the pinto the. opening or hole 3, from which it emerges and passes on through the hat. As the pin is always guided to the hole 3 and passes therethrough it follows that it must always emerge from the same pin-hole in the hat, so that but the one pin-hole results instead of the usual cluster.

Sonie ladies prefer to employ; two. pins, the same being passed iiiopposite directions through the hair and hat. T o.- meet this want, l may form the curved plate l with tapered or reduced opposite ends, each of the latter having a Vpin-passage formed by a perforation or hole 3, and the marginal flange 2 conforming to the contour voil the plate will form opposite pairs of converging guides. l 1

While Figs. 1 to 4; illustrate the preferred form of the invention, that is, wherein the marginallange is employed, yet I may omit the llange, and, as illustrated in-Figs. .5 and 6, substitute as a guidingV means for the advance end of the pin any form of guiding groove 6, the latter flaring at the endofthe plate opposite the opening 3 andconverging toward said opening. However, the fiange .theplate is'"`very narrow and its presence' is hardly noticeable and offer no obstruction likely to engagev the hair. during the operation of putting the hat on or 0E.

Where the attachment is made up cheaply, its surface may be utilized as a means of advertising by having the name'ofthe -milliner embossed or otherwise appearing thereon, or where made up more eXpensively the surface may betutilized fon monograms, names, Svc.

l. Anattachinent for ladiesh'atsffrizr the purpose described, tliesame consistingtef a described my imzention,j` what l plate smooth upon its y1-'ev erseside IVand curved longitudinally to fit the curvature of the hatcrown and fadapted when in positioll to1 lie snugly thereagainst throughout Yi ts length, said plate beingstapered toward one end and provided at, saidend wtlianaperture forming a. passagefora hatpin, and

with marginal flanges, at opposite sides of said plate4k converging and; leading .to said apertureand forming guidesior the'fpin, .and attaching means for thevplate@ 2. An attachment forfy ladies? hats for the purpose described, the same consistingy of a plate smooth t curved longitudinallyto fit, thecurvature oi" the hat-crown and adapted when in position Vto Ylie snugly thereagainst throughout its length, said platebeing, tapered toward its opposite ends. and provided ,atl each ,of said ends. with an aperture forming apassage a; hat-,ninianl with marginal vflangesat 9p..-`

posite i .sides o gl. said plateaconverging and leading to.V rsaid `apertures and. forming f wALLacEfv. f

`Witnesses: Y E; ELLIS7 Wim HARoLn- EIGHEEMAN.- i

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